Supporting agricultural research for sustainable development

Our mission

Agropolis Fondation is a French scientific foundation established in 2007 to promote and support high-level research and higher education (training-through-research) as well as to broaden international research partnerships in agricultural sciences and sustainable development research.

It supports projects with fellowships, doctoral and post-doctoral grants and other awards that enable leading and promising international scientists to work with the Foundation's scientific network in Montpellier thereby facilitating knowledge exchange and international partnerships.

Our scientific focus

The scientific work supported by the Foundation covers all aspects of the plant - from its genes to its environments to its final uses - and concerns temperate, Mediterranean and tropical climates. It supports research undertakings on:

• Integrative Plant Biology
  
  
• Social and Technological Dynamics of Innovation

The main issues addressed are:

1. Increasing demand for plants and plant by-products for food and non-food uses

2. Interaction between climate change and crops

3. Prevention and management of risks related to crop and food systems

Foundation Staff

Agropolis Fondation staff is composed of nine-person team headed by its Director.

Learn more >

Our core values

• Excellence: the quality of our scientists (over 800 researchers and teachers specialized on plant systems), our Fellows, our scientific network and our charter members.
  
  
• Openness: international partnerships with leading scientists and research organizations.
  
  
• Commitment: supporting projects that address the main challenges related to agriculture and sustainable development in temperate, tropical and Mediterranean areas.
  
  

Charter members

The Foundation's charter members are four of Europe's top institutions in development-oriented research and higher education in Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Learn more >

Our Leadership

Governing Board
The Foundation is governed by a 16-member board that sets policies related to the Foundation's development strategy, long-term priorities and partnerships. The Director manages the Foundation's operations, as mandated by the Chair of the Board

Learn more >

Science Council
The 12-member Science Council provides guidance concerning the Foundation's scientific orientation.

Learn more >

Research Units Leaders
The Research Unit Leaders are mainly involved in the development and implementation of collaborative research projects and international partnerships supported by the Foundation.

Learn more>